Color
#178dc4
#178dc4rgb(23, 141, 196)hsl(199, 79%, 43%)oklch(0.609 0.126 236.3)Colors that go with #178dc4
Charcoal, Red and Royal Blue lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #178dc4: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Red #ff0000
split-complementshippedRed is a split-complement of #178dc4: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #178dc4's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #178dc4 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #178dc4 in 7 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Wired's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Qualcomm's brand system put Blue beside #178dc4, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #178dc4: 7 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Glacier, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #178dc4 in 7 real palettes, including NASCAR's brand system and Retro Pop, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #178dc4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #178dc4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.72:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.64:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #178dc4 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#178dc4 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #178dc4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/178dc4-9cb3c4-df4e66-1f232d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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